1. John 10:30 - If you don't think Jesus' statement here is a claim to be God, check out the Jews' reaction to this statement in John 10:33. They say they're stoning Him because He claims to be God. Notice that Jesus never corrects them.
2. John 8:58 - Jesus again claims to be God, and again the Jews try to stone Him.
3. John 1:1 says the Word was God, and John 1:14 says the Word became flesh.
4. Acts 20:28 says God bought the church with His own blood. That blood, of course, belonging to Jesus.
5. John 20:28 - Thomas addresses Jesus as Lord and God, and Jesus doesn't correct him. Jesus receives worship plenty of times in Scripture, and never scolded anyone for it. If Jesus wasn't God, He would've told people not to worship Him or call Him God, similar to when the angel in Revelation 19:10 received worship and told the people to worship God, not the angel.
6. Titus 2:13 and 2 Peter 1:1 both straight up say Jesus is God and Savior.
7. Jesus had to be God to pay the infinite penalty of sin on the cross. This is the biggest reason. If He wasn't God, his death wouldn't be sufficient to pay for the entire world's sins. Only an infinite God could pay such an infinite debt.
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awesome post.
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